Kalin Parker, a 21-year-old Black / African American male, was fatally shot on September 29, 2017, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The incident occurred in the early evening, around 6:46 p.m., in the Jordan neighborhood. Police responded to a 911 call about a man down next to a vehicle outside the Broadway Flats, a mixed-use development located in the area of Penn and 25th Avenues North.
Upon arrival, they found Parker with a gunshot wound to the head.
Paramedics rushed Parker to North Memorial Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition. For days, medical staff fought to save his life while friends and family expressed their shock and hope for his recovery on social media. Despite these efforts, Kalin Parker succumbed to his injuries and died at the hospital on Wednesday, October 4, 2017.
In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, the Minneapolis police began an investigation into the incident, which was classified as the city's 33rd homicide of the year. However, in the days following Parker's death, authorities reported that they had not made any arrests in connection with the shooting. Online sources available in the years since the incident do not contain information about any subsequent arrests or the identification of any suspects in the death of Kalin Parker.
